More students suspended after Exeter school dance

EXETER — Multiple students have been suspended in connection to the alleged alcohol and drug use at Exeter High School’s March 22 “March Madness” dance.

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By Aaron Sanborn

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By Aaron Sanborn

Posted Mar. 28, 2013 at 3:48 PM
Updated Apr 22, 2013 at 3:23 PM

By Aaron Sanborn

Posted Mar. 28, 2013 at 3:48 PM
Updated Apr 22, 2013 at 3:23 PM

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EXETER — Multiple students have been suspended in connection to the alleged alcohol and drug use at Exeter High School’s March 22 “March Madness” dance.

SAU 16 Superintendent Michael Morgan said Thursday the school has completed its investigation into the incident and no further arrests by police are anticipated. After the dance, EHS student Meghan Lapierre, 17, of East Kingston and Ryan Sullivan, 17, of Hampton were charged with alcohol possession. Sullivan is not an EHS student. One female student was taken to the hospital from the dance for evaluation and later released into the custody of her parents.

“Some students suspensions have been put forth,” Morgan said, while declining to specifically say how many students were involved in the “series of incidents” that took place at the dance.

Morgan said there are still some aspects of the police investigation that the school is waiting to hear back about, including the potential presence of drugs on school grounds.

“There were some things submitted to a lab in Concord,” Morgan said. “No results from the lab work have come back to my knowledge.”

EHS Principal Sean Kiley shut down the March 22 dance 90 minutes early when the alleged alcohol and drug use came to his attention.

Kiley has cancelled future dances at the school indefinitely, with the exception of the junior and senior proms.

Morgan said school administrators are now discussing how to follow-up with the community about the situation.